Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known ...

The brains of healthy people aged faster during the COVID-19 pandemic than did the brains of people analysed before the ...

Age often brings a gradual decline in the ability to learn new things and retain memories. This phenomenon, often associated ...

Research in Dr. Schafer's Brain and Systemic Aging Lab at Mayo Clinic focuses on how aging changes cell identities, tissue composition, and brain health and function.

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

Researchers from the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and Yale University, in the United States, have demonstrated how the action of certain genes on precursor cells of brain formation can cause ...

A new study published in iScience provides evidence that the human brain emits extremely faint light signals that not only ...

Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies that help people remember better—is the subject of a new book ...